Paint-mixer and lead-breaker.



'PATBNTED 0GT.16, 190s. E. G. APPLETON. PAINT MIXER AND LEAD BREAKER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 25. 1906.

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EUGENE G. APPLE-TON, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

PAINT-MIXER AND LEAD-BREAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

.Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE G. APPLE'roN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Paint-Mixer and Lead-Breaker, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to mixing tanks or receptacles, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efiicient device of this character particularly designed A still further object is to generally improve this class of devices so as to add to their utility and durability, as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture. I

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mixing-tank constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the receptacle detached. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The improved device consists of a collapsible supporting-frame comprising the cross- 1 legs 5 and 6, pivoted together at 7 and connected by longitudinal bars 8, the latter being supported in spaced relation to each other by a transverse brace-rod 9, as shown.

Mounted for rotation on the supportingframe is a liquid-containing receptacle 10, provided with oppositely disposed stubshafts 11, which engage suitable bearings formed in the bifurcated ends 12 of the crosslegs 5. The receptacle is provided with a bushing 13, in which is threaded a conicalshaped hopper 14, through which the lead, pigments, and other material is introduced into the tank, said hop er being provided with a dished cover 15, having a bar 16 secured thereto and pivoted at 17 to a bracket 18, fastened in any suitable manner to the exterior walls of the receptacle, as shown. The bracket 18 is formed with an arm or extension 19, adapted to engage the bar 16 and limit the opening movement of the cover 15 the latter being locked in closed position by means of a-pivoted latch 20, engaging the bifurcated end 21 of said bar and carrying a Wing-nut 22.

The receptacle is provided with a suitable discharge-nozzle 23 to permit the withdrawal of the paint after the same has been thoroughly mixed, and a vent-opening 23 is also preferably formed in the receptacle and normally closed by a plug 24.

Extending inwardly from the interior walls of the receptacle are a plurality of longitudinal beaters or breaking-blades 25, preferably extending the entire length of the receptacle and spaced in parallel relation to said walls by suitable blocks or brackets 26. The beater or blades are spaced at unequal distances from the walls of the receptacle in alternate progressive order, so that by rotating the receptacle the lead or pigments will be effectively broken up and the paint thoroughly mixed.

Attention is called to the fact that the exposed faces of the boaters or blades are unobstructed and curved to conform to the contour of the interior walls of the receptacle, thereby preventing particles of lead from adhering to the blades and permitting the heaters to be readily cleaned, reparatory to mixing paint of a different co or.

In operation the lead, pigments, and other materials are introduced into the receptacle .through the hopper 14 after which the cover 15 is locked in closed position and the receptacle rapidly rotated by turning the crank 27, the paint being substantially drawn ofi through the nozzle 23.

When it is desired to use the device for mixing paint of a different color, a quantity of turpentine or benzin is poured into the receptaoleand the latter rotated to clean the same before introducing new materials.

By having the cover dished or hollowed, as shown, when the latter is moved to open position any paint adhering to the cover will be retained within the dished portion thereof and will flow back into the receptacle when the cover is again closed, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a liquid-containing receptacle mounted for rotation in a horizontal plane and having a plu rality of flat longitudinally-disposed beaters secured to and spaced at unequal distances from the interior walls thereof, said beaters being also spaced from each other throughout their entire length.

2. In a device of the class described, a liquid-containing receptacle having a plurality of beaters spaced at unequal distances from the interior walls of the receptacle said blades being curved to conform to the shape of the walls of said receptacle.

3. In a device of the class described, a liqind-containing receptacle mounted for rot'ation in a horizontal plane and having a plurality of longitudinally-disposed beaters secured to and spaced inwardly from the interior wall of the receptacle, said beaters being disposed at unequal distances from the walls 3f the receptacle in alternate progressive or- 4. A device of the class described comprising a supporting-frame, a liquid-containing receptacle journaled in the frame and mounted for rotation in a horizontal plane, a hopper communicating with the interior of the receptacle, a dished cover pivotally mounted on the receptacle and adapted to close the hop per, and a plurality of beaters spaced at unequal distances from the interior walls of the receptacle in alternate progressive order.

5. A device of the class described comprising a supporting-frame, a liquid-containing receptacle mounted for rotation on said frame and provided with a feed-hopper, a bracket secured to the receptacle, a dished cover pivoted to the bracket and adapted to close the hopper, an arm extending-laterally from the bracket for limiting the opening movement of the cover, and a plurality of longitudinallydisposed beaters secured to and spaced at unequal distances from the interior walls of the receptacle.

6. A device of the class described comprising a supporting-frame, a liquid-containing receptacle mounted for rotation on said frame and provided with a feed-hopper, a bracket secured to the receptacle, a bar carried by the cover and having one end thereof pivoted to the bracket and its opposite .end bifurcated, an arm extending laterally from the bracket for limiting the opening movement of the cover, a latch pivoted to the hopper and adapted to engage the hopper and adapted to engage the bifurcated end of the bar for locking the cover in closed position, and a plurality of longitudinally-disposed beaters secured to and spaced at unequal distances from the interior walls of the receptacle.

7. A device of the class described, comprising a supporting-frame consisting of pivoted cross-legs connected by longitudinal bars and having their ends bifurcated, a liquid-containing receptacle mounted for rotation on the frame and provided with stub-shafts for engagement with the bifurcated ends of the cross-legs, said receptacle being provided with a feed-hopper and a discharge-nozzle, a plurality of longitudinally-(lisposed beaters secured to and spaced at unequal distances from the interior walls of the receptacle, and a crank-handle secured to one of the stubshafts for rotating the receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two'witnesses.

EUGENE G. APPLETON.

Witnesses:

C. L. WALSH, GEO. E. EYEsToNE. 

